Turn a Stack of Papers Into a Literature Synthesis
Organize studies by what they contribute to your research question instead of writing one paragraph per paper.
- What each study actually contributes to your question
- Where the evidence agrees and where it diverges
- Which settings and populations are represented
- Where the gap your study addresses actually sits
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This matrix organizes studies you enter yourself. It does not search databases, retrieve papers, or generate citations, and it does not assess study quality for you.
About the Literature Synthesis Matrix
The Literature Synthesis Matrix organises the studies you have read by what each one contributes to your question, groups them by theme, and builds synthesis notes you can export instead of a study-by-study summary.
Who it is for
Anyone writing a literature review chapter, a scoping or narrative review, or the background section of a proposal or grant application.
What it helps you decide
Which themes the evidence actually supports, where studies agree or conflict, and which gap your study is positioned to fill.
Limitations
It structures reading you have already done. It does not search databases, screen records, appraise study quality, or perform meta-analysis.
Longer teaching on this sits in the literature review guide. It covers searching, screening and writing the review itself.
Category · Review evidence